To:THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE LEATHER INDUSTRY UNDER THE SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL

To Glavkozha

Written:Written on November 12, 1920Published:First published in 1942 in LeninMiscellany XXXIV.

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Pleaseinform me at once about your conclusion on
Baryshnikov’s invention of a sole leather substitute, and what
you are doing about it if you have found the invention
useful.[1]

Chairman,Council of People’s Commissars

[1]Writtenin connection with a letter seat to Lenin on November
7, 1920, by Y. G. Parfyonov, extraordinary and plenipotentiary
Uyezd Commissar for Food of the Tambov Gubernia Executive
Committee, who said that engineer A. A. Baryshnikov’s
invention was not being tested fast enough and asked Lenin to issue
instructions to have it applied in production as soon as possible.

OnNovember 19, 1920, Lenin received a reply to his inquiry
(see next document) which stated that the Inventions Committee
of the Scientific and Technical Department of the Supreme
Economic Council had examined Baryshnikov’s application submitted
to the Committee on September 15, and had on September 30
issued to him a claim certificate. The Committee said
Baryshnikov’s invention differed little from earlier ones, while the quality
of the leather was to be ascertained by means of tests; the initial
tests carried out by the Central Administration of the Leather
Industry (Glavkozha) had been unfavourable, and Baryshnikov
was working to improve his invention. The final conclusion
would be drawn as a result of further tests.